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fylla

fill/²fʏla/

fylla as a verb

Meaning

fill

In Swedish: göra full

Conjugation

Conjugation of fylla (fill)
Infinitive	att fylla	to fill
Present	fyller	jag fyller
Past	fyllde	jag fyllde
Supine	fyllt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har fyllt	jag har fyllt
Past perfect	hade fyllt	jag hade fyllt
Future	ska fylla	or: kommer att fylla
Conditional	skulle fylla	jag skulle fylla
Imperative	fyll!	a command
Present participle	fyllande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	fylld	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of fylla
Infinitive	fyllas
Present	fylls
Past	fylldes
Supine	fyllts

Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use fyller. See the four verb groups explained.

fylla as a noun(en fylla)

Meaning

drunkenness

In Swedish: berusning

Forms

Forms of fylla
Singular, indefinite	en fylla
Singular, definite	fyllan
Plural, indefinite	fyllor
Plural, definite	fyllorna

fylla is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor fylla, den stora fyllan. Check another noun

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fylla in a sentence

fylla en kopp
fill a cup
fylla kylskåpet med mat
fill the fridge with food
vattnet fyllde snabbt hela båten
the boat quickly filled with water
Hon fyller år på tisdag.
Her birthday is on Tuesday.
Han fyller moppe.
He is turning fifteen (the legal age to drive a moped).
Hon fyller jämnt i sommar.
This summer her birthday is an even number (a multiple of ten).

Expressions

fylla år
have a birthday

Questions

What does fylla mean in English?

fylla means “fill”.

Is it en fylla or ett fylla?

It is en fylla, and “the drunkenness” is fyllan.

What is the plural of fylla?

The plural of fylla is fyllor, and the definite plural is fyllorna.

What is the past tense of fylla?

The past tense of fylla is fyllde (“jag fyllde”). The supine is fyllt, used in “jag har fyllt”.

What is the present tense of fylla?

fyller, the same for every person: jag fyller, du fyller, vi fyller.

Similar words

lassatäta

Origin

From Old Swedish fylla, from Old Norse fylla, from Proto-Germanic *fullijaną.

Nearby common words

fylla is number 877 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

873ske take place, happen
874läst read
875general general
876kontroll control, inspection
878max max
879kosta cost
880beslut decision, resolution
881bord table

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary